In the Song Dynasty, there was no law or order.

In the thirteenth year of Qingli in the Song Dynasty, in the autumn and August of the seventh year of Xianyong in Liao Dynasty, we were on the banks of the Dafu River in the southwest of Changchun Prefecture in Huanglong Prefecture of the Liao Dynasty.

Wanyan Wugu was riding on a war horse. In the distance on the south bank of the Dafu River were countless Liao people who were defeated like mountains. In front of and around them were Jurchen warriors like waves.

He was watching from a hillside two to three feet high in the middle of the battlefield. Under his command, the Liao people suffered an unprecedented defeat.

After this battle, the Liao people no longer had the ability to compete with him in the wild. Even after the first battle, the Khitan tribe might only be destroyed.

"Your Majesty, the Liao dogs have left Liaodong. We can continue to penetrate deep into their hinterland and completely eliminate them."

General Wanyan Qialu came back straight up on his horse. He was wearing thick armor and the mace in his hand was full of blood.

"Father, are we still chasing him?"

Another war horse came back. It was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy named Wanyan Caizhe. He was the eldest son of Wanyan Wugunai and the brother of Wanyan Cailibo, the founder of Jin Dynasty.

Wanyan Wugunai was still sitting on the horse, looking deeply into the distance, and did not answer the words of his son and subordinates.

He is only thirty-three years old this year. At the age of sixteen, he gave birth to his eldest son, Wanyan Caizhe, and at the age of eighteen, he gave birth to his second son, Yan Cailibo. At the age of twenty, he conspired with his mother to kill his younger brother, Wanyan Wuguchu. Became the only heir to the Wanyan tribe.

After the death of his father Wanyan Shilu, he took control of the entire tribe.

In the following time, Wanyan Wugunai betrayed the Jurchen tribes and became enemies of his own nation. He willingly acted as the eagle and dog of the Liao Kingdom and took the opportunity to make his own tribe stronger.

Then he designed to kill his father-killing enemy Wanyan Shixian, and conquered many Jurchen tribes. Finally, in the seventh year of Qingli, the Liao Kingdom was defeated miserably and lost the sixteen states of Yanyun. The second year after that, which was the eighth year of Qingli, he launched a rebellion.

Since the Liao Kingdom was unpopular, he used the power of the Liao Kingdom in the early days to make the Wanyan tribe the most powerful tribe among the Jurchen tribes. Therefore, Wanyan Wugunai quickly persuaded other Jurchen tribes to believe that Wanyan Wugunai had defected to the Liao Kingdom in the past, all in order to develop their tribal strength and rebel against the Liao Kingdom when the time was right.

As a result, under such rhetoric, the less educated Jurchen tribes quickly recognized Wanyan Wugunai's statement. Everyone unanimously decided to form an alliance, elected Wanyan Wugunai as king, and led the Jurchen tribes to resist the Liao Dynasty.

So in the next five years, Wanyan Wugunai sometimes rebelled against the Liao Kingdom and sometimes surrendered. While constantly testing the bottom line of the Liao Kingdom, he also tried his best to strengthen the Jurchen tribe.

He bought all kinds of weapons, armor and cold weapons from the Song Dynasty, bribed the dignitaries of the Liao Kingdom with heavy sums of money, and bought a lot of firearms.

Because the Song Dynasty had very strict control over firearms, all old-fashioned firearms were confiscated and shipped to Bianliang, and they had no way to purchase new firearms on a large scale.

Even if there are brave men with a lot of money, it is still easy to find some officers or soldiers who are not afraid of death from the Song Dynasty's border army to buy some new rifles. However, those few firearms cannot affect the situation of the battle at all, and they do not have the ability to imitate them.

Therefore, Wanyan Wugunai was very smart not to use his brains on the new firearms of the Song Dynasty, but instead focused on the grenades and artillery of the Liao Kingdom.

These weapons did not have high technical content and did not require industrialization. All they needed was wrought iron production capacity and gunpowder formulas. Then he hired skilled Han craftsmen from Liaoyang who paid a lot of money, and he quickly built many grenades and artillery.

At this time, Wanyan Wugunai finally had the strength and confidence to overthrow the Liao Kingdom, and started a formal rebellion last year.

The Liao people originally wanted to raise a dog to help guard the sheepfold, but unexpectedly it turned into a wolf. The reuse of Wanyan Wugunai at the beginning eventually turned out to be a backlash for him.

"Knock the hammer and let the soldiers come back!"

Wanyan Wugunai said.

"Your Majesty, are you going to stop pursuing me now?"

Wanyan Qialu went straight up and wondered: "Maybe we can take this opportunity to capture Shangjing. Even if we don't attack Shangjing, we might as well capture Ningzhou."

"Go back to Changchun Prefecture!"

Wanyan Wugunai said seriously.

"Forehead"

Wanyan Qialu hesitated straight up.

But there were soldiers nearby who had already started calling for gold to withdraw their troops.

Soon the Wanyan tribe soldiers began to slowly move closer, and finally returned to the rear.

The leaders and generals of each tribe were puzzled for a moment. Now was a good time to pursue and kill them. Why did they suddenly retreat?

So they all ran to Wanyan Wugunai's place to ask about the situation.

However, Wanyan Wugunai did not explain immediately, but ordered all the tribes to return to Changchun Prefecture first, and then convened a meeting of tribal leaders in Changchun Prefecture.

Although the leaders of each tribe had doubts, they could only follow the instructions.

This place is not far from Changchun Prefecture. They captured Changchun in May, taking this as an opportunity to cut off the connection between Linhuang Mansion and Huanglong Mansion, and bring Huanglong Mansion under the rule of Wanyan Wugunai.

Yelu Chongyuan was so frightened that he could only send a large army to encircle and suppress them. As a result, Wanyan Wugu set up an ambush halfway and defeated the Liao army on the banks of the Dafu River less than thirty miles away from Changchun.

So Changchun is already Wanyan Wugunai's territory.

By the afternoon, the army returned to Changchun, and the soldiers returned to their camps to rest. Wanyan Wugunai convened the leaders of various ministries to hold a meeting at the general's camp where the Shaoyang Army was originally stationed in Tahu City, Changchun Prefecture.

Everyone present except Wanyan's various generals.

There are also many tribal leaders and generals such as the Wendihen tribe, the Ole tribe, the Tudan tribe, the Wulinda tribe, the Shuhu tribe, the Pusan ​​tribe and the Wugulun tribe.

The number of people reached more than 30, which can be said to have gathered the main forces of the major Jurchen tribes.

Soon everyone arrived.

Wugunai sat high in the main seat, and the people below sat scattered and sat cross-legged on the ground, maintaining the casualness of the Jurchen tribal civilization.

Seeing this scene, Wugunai frowned slightly.

But before he spoke, the leader of the Tudan tribe, Tudan Helan, asked: "My king, the army is at its peak, and it is time to go south to destroy the Liao people in one fell swoop. Why did you suddenly retreat?"

Wanyan Wugunai said: "It is not so easy to destroy the Liao. They have many artillery in Shangjing and Zhongjing. Our army's follow-up food and grass have not been collected. If we attack the city rashly, we may suffer losses. So we should first organize the food and grass."

"I see."

"I was wondering why we defeated the Liao people but did not continue to pursue them."

"What a pity. If there were enough food and grass, perhaps we could break through Shangjing, or at least take Ningzhou."

Everyone sighed, and did not doubt the reasons given by Wanyan Wugunai.

Because that's the truth.

Although the Northeast is rich in natural resources, due to the existence of Liaoze, there is almost no agricultural civilization, which means that the tribes can only survive by fishing and hunting.

Fishing and hunting are not as stable as farming. It is common for the tribes to lack food and clothing. In addition, the Liao Kingdom has been continuously exploiting them over the years, and both food and various resources must be handed over, so the tribes are actually very poor.

If they could not use a large amount of gold, silver and copper minerals to transport to Liaoyang and sell them to local Song merchants in exchange for food and weapons and equipment, the Jurchen tribes would not have been able to grow over the years.

So everyone present knew that Wanyan Wugunai was telling the truth.

"This time, in addition to hoping to return to Huanglongfu to reorganize food and grass, stockpile supplies, and prepare to defeat the Liao Kingdom in one fell swoop next time, there is another thing to say."

At this time, Wanyan Wugunai's cousin Tangkugut said.

The Tangku tribe is a firm ally of the Wanyan tribe, because Wanyan Wugunai's mother is the sister of the leader of the Tangku tribe, and his wife is his cousin.

So the Tangku tribe has always been one of the descendants of the Jin Dynasty.

Hearing Tangkugut's words, everyone was puzzled, and someone asked, "What's the matter?"

"Han people pay attention to justice and honor. We fight against the Liao people because they often oppress us, but the power of the tribe is not strong enough. If we want to defeat them, we need to gather strength."

"How to gather strength? We have brought all the soldiers, horses, and food from various tribes. Isn't it enough to gather strength?"

"Yes, all the able-bodied men in our tribe are here now, and there are only the old, young, women and children in the tribe."

"That's not enough."

Tangkugut said, "I just said that we must have justice and honor. Only by replacing Liao will God bless us."

"Replace?"

Everyone opened their eyes wide.

Some smart ones quickly looked at Wanyan Wugunai.

They saw Wugunai silent.

Then someone shouted, "I am willing to support the king to become emperor and establish a country!"

"I am willing too!"

Several tribal leaders shouted quickly.

As long as the rest of the people were not stupid, they understood the reason.

Everyone looked at each other. After six or seven years of fighting against the Liao Kingdom, Wanyan Wugunai's prestige was very high and he was worshipped as the king by all tribes.

And now it seems that many tribes have been won over by him. If they oppose, they may not end well.

So after a little hesitation, everyone quickly said loudly: "We are willing."

Many tribal leaders agreed.

Wanyan Wugunai finally smiled and was about to say something.

Wulinda Shixi of the Wulinda tribe said: "King, it is naturally a good thing to establish a country and become an emperor, but is it too hasty?"

"Oh?"

Wanyan Wugunai looked at him indifferently and said: "Why?"

"The Liao Kingdom is now in decline, with only a few places such as Shangjing and Zhongjing left. If you want to defeat them, you may be able to do it before next year."

Wulinda Shixi saw that he looked unhappy, and his heart trembled. He pointed to the south and said: "Just the south."

South?

Wugunai understood what he meant and said in silence, "I have considered the south. The Song people seem to have no interest in the north. If we are willing to accept the title from the Song people, perhaps we can be safe."

This is why Wugunai did not consider establishing a country until the Liao Dynasty was about to be destroyed.

In history, his grandson Wanyan Aguda did not even fight Changchunzhou. He only fought Huanglongfu and started to establish a country and proclaimed himself emperor. At that time, his territory was only Jiangzhou and Xianzhou, and his troops were only more than 10,000.

Now Wugunai's power is much stronger than that of his grandson. He has 40,000 to 50,000 troops, and his territory covers most of Tokyo Road. He also captured Changchunzhou and approached the center of the Liao Dynasty.

In addition to the fact that Wugunai has always been afraid of the Liao Dynasty's firearms, he could only secretly develop his territory and strength in these years, surrendering and rebelling from time to time, making sufficient preparations, and once he rebelled, he captured a large area of ​​territory.

The most important thing is that Wugunai must understand the attitude of the Song Dynasty.

He knew that whether it was the Liao Kingdom or their newly emerged Jurchen tribe, in front of the Song Dynasty, it was as ridiculous as two children fighting.

So he had to know whether the Song Dynasty had any intention of invading the north.

If so, then he could only make other plans.

However, Wugunai found that although the Song people were powerful, they had no intention of destroying the Liao Dynasty, nor did they suppress their newly emerged Jurchens, so he believed that the Song Dynasty had no interest in the north.

As long as he destroyed the Liao Kingdom and replaced it, he could completely assume the role of the Liao Kingdom. If he honestly became a younger brother of the Song Dynasty, wouldn't he be able to achieve an imperial career?

Therefore, unlike his grandson who proclaimed himself emperor one year after he started his army, he finally decided to proclaim himself emperor and establish a country six years after he started his army.

Wugunai continued, "And after the establishment of the country, I will immediately send envoys to the Song Kingdom to pay tribute and explain to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty why we resisted the Liao Dynasty and why we established the country. I hope that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty will confer titles on us, so that it will be foolproof."

"Your Majesty is really wise and brave, with extraordinary strategies. He has come up with a foolproof plan. Shi Xi admires you and is willing to support you in establishing a country and becoming emperor."

Wulin said to Shi Xi that seeing that Wugunai had thought it through, he no longer objected.

"Good."

Ugunai then said: "Liao uses Bintie as its name because of its hardness. Although Bintie is hard, it will eventually deteriorate, but gold will not change or deteriorate. The color of gold is white, and the color of the Wanyan tribe is white. The country can be named "Dajin"!"

"Dajin!"

"Dajin!"

"Dajin!"

Many tribal leaders raised their right hands in an instant and cheered.

Ugunai did not hesitate at the moment.

A few days later, the tribes withdrew their troops back to Huanglongfu, established a country in Huanglong City and proclaimed themselves emperors, and named the country Dajin.

Then Ugunai rewarded the tribes and took nine of the most powerful women from the tribes as concubines, calling them the Jin Jiuhou clan.

At the same time, he sent envoys to pay tribute to the Song Dynasty, hoping to be canonized by the Song Dynasty.

In addition, he actively prepared food and grass. After the food and grass were gathered, he would officially go south next year to break through the Liao Dynasty's Shangjing and Zhongjing, and completely destroy the Liao Dynasty.

The news soon spread, and the Liao Dynasty was shocked.

Now the Liao Dynasty was really in decline. The Mongolian grasslands in the west were in constant rebellion, and they were no longer able to control it.

The Jurchens in the east established a new country and proclaimed themselves emperors. The entire Liao Dynasty was left with only the territory of Xilinguole League, Chifeng, Tongliao, and Baicheng in Inner Mongolia in later generations. It was on the verge of extinction.

For this reason, seeing that he might become the last emperor of Liao, Yelu Chongyuan, regardless of the feud between Liao and Song, immediately wrote a letter and sent his confidant to the Song Dynasty in the hope of getting help.

Under such circumstances, in October of the 13th year of the Qingli period of the Song Dynasty, envoys from the Liao Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty arrived in Bianliang. One asked for help from the Song Dynasty, and the other hoped that the Song Dynasty would accept them and become a vassal state of the Song Dynasty and not interfere in the Liao-Jin War.

On October 6, in the Political System Institute, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had received envoys from the two countries and handed the issue to the Political System Institute.

After Zhao Jun finished reading the request letters from the two envoys, he threw the documents on the table and chuckled, "Let's proceed as planned. After the Liao Kingdom is destroyed, we will go north and destroy the Jin Kingdom as well. There is a saying that goes "sitting on a mountain and watching tigers fight", but unfortunately these two are no longer tigers in front of the Song Dynasty. They are at most two crickets that can be killed with one finger."